Lemons????!
Question: can they whiten your teeth
Answers: can they whiten your teeth
thats what i have heard.
No, you're thinking strawberries. Lemons can only cause enamel erosion because they are so acidic, which is not good.
hmmm....
thanks nicole^^
im gonna eat more strawberries :)
Whoa...you do not, and I repeat, "Do Not" want to use Lemon to attempt to whiten your teeth. Of all the foods we humans eat, the Lemon contains one of the highest concentrated acids we consume. Lemon acid can not only whiten your teeth, it can "severely" damage the Enamel surface. If you looked at the surface of a tooth through a microscope it would look as though you were seeing the open end of a box of soda straws. We don't call them straws, we call them "Enamel Rods". If you ate or sucked on Lemons long enough, the Lemon acid would eventually erode away the hard protective layer of Enamel and the rod ends could then more easily absorb stains such as produced by coffee, tea, cigarettes or other tobacco products and of course various food groups. Those stains would be far deeper and more difficult to remove. Use an over the counter tooth whitening product or better still have your dentist provide the whiten service you want. Good luck and I wish you well.
Lemons are a citrus fruit and contain citric acid. It has a pH level of 1.8 to 2.3. I you know your pH scale form Chemistry the lower the number the higher the acidity. Battery acid is 0 to -1 and stomach acids are around a 2. anything with a low pH is going to erode your teeth. This means I will eat away at your Enamel which is the first layer of your teeth. Once the second layer (Dentin) is exposed you will not only have extremely sensitive teeth but it will appear More yellow/brown. This is due to the color of dentin. I would recommend crest whiting strips if you don not have the money to have them professionally done!
NO
Lemons will NOT whiten your teeth! Because of their high acidity levels they will completely rot your teeth.
There was this case study we learned about, This guy was trying to loose weight so he would just contstantly be drinking lemon water to feel full, then eventually when he went to the dentist he had 10 cavitites!!